ACGOMN: The next one shot is a ShikaIno requested by aquaviolinessorchdorker2293 this is to you.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters Shikamaru or Ino or the series Naruto or the song With Every Beat Of My Heart by Stevie Wonder.

Shika and Ino are 17.

With Each Beat Of My Heart- ShikaIno

Honey, sweet
I've got something to say to you in privacy
Something I'd like for you to hear
And only your ears alone

Shikamaru banged his head on his desk. He couldn't believe that she always was on his mind. One of his best friends since a young age, Ino. He was in love with her, no doubt, and was pretty sure that she returned the gesture, but he couldn't be certain. Tsk. Troublesome girl. I'll tell her tomorrow thought Shikamaru.

Secretly, I've been admiring you intensely
So much so I'd like to settle down with you
And make a home

He knows that he told her that he wants everything average in life, but he can deny the fact that he wants Ino. She was far from average and troublesome. Unfortunately, Shika kept having daydreams of Ino cooking in the kitchen and welcoming him home form a mission with a kiss.

You are my first breath
My first smile
And my morning cup of tea

Yours is the love
That I pray for
Before I go to sleep

Everyday he wished to wake up to her smiling face and go to sleep next to her. Spend the mornings and the nights with her. Shika was never sure what Ino thought of him. She was either mad at him or bossing him around or a smiling at something.

From the time I saw your face
I knew no other could erase
My loving you with each beat of my heart

Until the day I heard you speak
I didn't know that sound was sweet
Me hearing you in each beat of my heart

He remembered the first time he saw her at the academyHe was laying down during recess watching the clouds. She came strolling up to him.

"What are you doing?"

"Watching the clouds,"

"I'm Ino, what's name,"

"Shikamaru"

After that day she would come up and talk to him and he would occasionally reply. That was until all the girls began crushing on Sasuke, everyone but Ino he thought. Well, you know what happens.

There's a time when playing ends
And the serious begins
Like the love that I felt from the start
With each beat of my heart

He was the one she cried or complained to about Sasuke or anything really. He was her life saver. That's when Shika began liking her, and he so wanted to take away her pain. That escalated when Sasuke left Konoha, his friends, and her. Shika thought he would never have a chance, but then something happened her ex-best friend, Sakura. Sakura came to Ino, which she told Shikamaru, wishing to apologize for abandoning their friendship when they were youngerIno said, "I realized Sakura truly knows Sasuke and loves him, plus I really don't' think I like him anymore anyway."

Honey, sweet
I soared into a heaven's galaxy
So hypnotized was IFrom seeing all the magic in your eyes

So I bring
To you what's been a lifetime fantasy
Of being with the only one who can
Create my paradise

"Ino," said Shikamaru, entering her family flower shop.

"Hi, Shika-kun. What's up," replied Ino. Shika gulped nervously. Eh was not going to back out of this, he had to tell her.

"Ino, would you... would you maybe sometime like to go on a d-d-date," said Shika. HE prepared for rejection.

"Sure, Shika-kun but we better go somewhere nice," teased Ino. Shika grinned his lazy grin.

"When do you wanna go," asked Shika.

"Tomorrow," grinned Ino. They both smiled at each other and knew they were what their hearts have been looking for.

The end

ACGOMN: Tell me what you think. This is I believe the first purely ShikaIno I have ever done. Next will be a NaruHina. Remember you can request one shots dealing with family, friends, romance, and really anything, except no yaoi, yuri, or incest.